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Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri or Fathpur Sikri , historic city (1991 pop. 25,446), Uttar Pradesh state, N India. It was founded (1569) by the Mughal emperor Akbar to honor the Muslim saint Shaikh Salim Chishti, who had foretold the birth of Akbar's son and heir, Jahangir. The city was Akbar's capital until... Read more
Ajmer
Ajmer , former state, NW India. Now part of Rajasthan state, it formerly consisted of two detached areas surrounded by Rajasthan and was identical with the former British province of Ajmer-Merwara. The city of Ajmer (1991 pop. 402,700), the former capital and now a district administrative center, ... Read more
Sufism
Sufism , an umbrella term for the ascetic and mystical movements within Islam . While Sufism is said to have incorporated elements of Christian monasticism, gnosticism, and Indian mysticism, its origins are traced to forms of devotion and groups of penitents ( zuhhad ) in the formative period of Is... Read more
mysticism
mysticism [Gr.,=the practice of those who are initiated into the mysteries], the practice of putting oneself into, and remaining in, direct relation with God , the Absolute, or any unifying principle of life. Mysticism is inseparably linked with religion. Because of the nature of mysticism, firsth... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Chishti,"

Muin ad-Din Hasan Chishti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Muin ad-Din Hasan Chishti , 1142-1236, Indian Muslim saint, b. Sistan, Persia. He founded...splendid mausoleum there is an important center of pilgrimage. The Chishti sect today has a number of sub-orders sharing the core of initiation...
Fatehpur Sikri
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Mughal emperor Akbar to honor the Muslim saint Shaikh Salim Chishti, who had foretold the birth of Akbar's son and heir, Jahangir...the Great Mosque); the ornate marble mausoleum of Salim Chishti; the palaces of Jodh Bai and Birbal; and the Panch Mahal...
Jalal-ud-din Mohammed Akbar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Ain-i-Akbari and Akbar Nama, two important Mogul historical works. Akbar welcomed to his court mystics such as Salim Chishti and engaged in dialogues with Jesuit priests. He also invited Abul Fatah Gilana, who had written a commentary on Avicenna...
Khaliq Ahmad Nizami
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...originally in Urdu), he wrote studies on prominent sufis such as Shaykh Farid al-Din Ganj-i Shakir and on the saints of the Chishti order. One of the more consequential of his efforts was the publication of the political correspondence of the 18th-century...
Sufism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Persian, Turkish, and Urdu mystic poetry. Important Sufi figures elsewhere in the Islamic world include Muin ad-Din Chishti in India and Baha ad-Din Naqshband (d. 1390) in central Asia. Sufi orders, which assimilated aspects of native religious...
Ajmer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...James I of England. A Jain temple (constructed 1153; now a mosque), the tomb of the Muslim saint Muin-al-din Hasan Chishti, and a palace of Akbar are the most notable historic buildings. Mayo College, sometimes called India's Eton, is in Ajmer...

Dictionary entries related to "Chishti,"

Chishti, Muʿīn al-Dīn Muḥammad
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Chishti, Muʿīn al-Dīn Muḥammad...into India. The Sūfī movement derived from him, the Chishti(y)ya, continues to make music central: it developed the qawwā...
Chishtiy(y)a
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Chishtiy(y)a: see CHISHTI .
Qawwāli
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Qawwāli (Indian Sūfī singers): see CHISHTI .

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A 'Proving Ground' for Spiritual Mastery: The Chishti Sabiri Musical Assembly
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...music. Cultivated in particular by the Chishti order since the twelfth century, this...harangues of critics over the centuries, Chishti masters have for centuries marshaled a...particular branch of the contemporary Chishti Sabiri order in Pakistan. Drawing on...
M. A. Chishti: a great defender of insurance industry of Pakistan.(PROFILE)
Magazine article from: Economic Review; 2/1/2008; 700+ words ; Mr. Mashkoor A. Chishti is a living insurance legend. He has...Mr. Tahir Ahmed says: "Mr. M. A. Chishti is one insurance professional in Pakistan...to back up whatever he writes. Mr. Chishti in many ways has been and continuous...
Court: Chishti challenges PBC special committee.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 10/6/2004; 700 words ; ...Executive Committee Chairman Pir Masood Chishti Wednesday accused a special committee...Punjab-1), headed by Kazim Khan, Chishti said in a press conference at his office...Zafar Iqbal Kalanuri and others, said Chishti could not have simply stepped into the...
PG: Chishti appointed as Chief Whip of PA.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 7/30/2003; 421 words ; ...PPI): Pir Ghulam Mohiy-ud-Din Chishti has been appointed as Chief Whip of the...Minister. Pir Ghulam Mohiy-ud-Din Chishti was elected as Member Provincial Assembly...spiritual figure of the area Pir Ghulam Rasul Chishti and younger brother of former Member of...
Chishti demands death penalty for ex-generals.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 12/31/2008; 667 words ; ...Pakistan Party, Gen (R) Faiz Ali Chishti has demanded trial of all those retired...and Nawa-i-Waqt on Wednesday, Gen Chishti said that the then army generals which...in defiance of the Constitution. Gen Chishti demanded judicial trial of these generals...
Journalists rally to protest Dr Chishti's killing.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/10/2008; 619 words ; ...Sunday to protest brutal murder of Dr Chishti Mujahid a senior journalists and a photographer...impartially. Those who admitted killing Dr Chishti must remember that it is the effort of...proof of their impartiality. They said Dr Chishti was an experienced journalist who has...
Senior journalist Dr. Chishti Mujahid shot dead in Quetta.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/10/2008; 359 words ; ...Senior journalist and eye specialist Dr. Chishti Mujahid was shot dead by unknown armed...Allah Ditta said gunmen opened fire on Dr Chishti in front of his residence in Satellite...the hospital, Dr. Karim said. Dr. Chishti worked for a leading weekly magazine...
The Hagiographic process: The case of Medieval Chishti Sufi Farid al-Din Masud Ganj-i Shakar (d.664/1265)
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...addition to these, a number of early Chishti Sufis shaykhs wrote treatises on the legality...broadly defined, as it occurs among the Chishti Sufi silsila of the South Asian peninsula...examining the purpose and significance of the Chishti Sufi musical practices of sama'and zikr...
Court: PbBC issue takes new turn, Chishti's appointment againsuspended.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 7/31/2004; 537 words ; ...PPI): The appointment of Pir Masood Chishti as Chairman Executive Committee of the...through process of nomination of Pir Masood Chishti as Chairman Executive Committee of the...Committee No, 2 reinstating Pir Masood Chishti as illegal observed that the Committee...
Young Tory plots Benazir 'revolution'... from an office in Gillingham; PRAISE: Benazir Bhutto and Mr Chishti.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 11/11/2007; 700+ words ; ...Conservative Parliamentary candidate Rehman Chishti, 28, a close ally andformer aide to...BBC TV interview about the general, Mr Chishti, who will contest the plummarginal seat...my personal view,' and hung up. Mr Chishti has had a meteoric, if unconventional...